Lafora disease
type of rare, inherited, severe, progressive myoclonic epilepsy
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Summary
Lafora disease is a rare disease[1]. It draws 1,569 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #188 of 627).[2]
Key Facts
- Lafora disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
- Lafora disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
- Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora is named after Lafora disease[5].
- Lafora disease is a type of neurodegeneration[6].
- Lafora disease is a type of progressive myoclonus epilepsy[7].
- Lafora disease is a type of nervous system heredodegenerative disease[8].
- Lafora disease is a type of progressive epilepsy and/or ataxia with myoclonus as a major feature[9].
- Lafora disease is a type of autosomal recessive disease[10].
- Lafora disease's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N88[11].
- Lafora disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as hallucination[12].
- Lafora disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84804[13].
- Lafora disease's health specialty is recorded as neurology[14].
- Lafora disease's genetic association is recorded as NHLRC1[15].
- Lafora disease's genetic association is recorded as EPM2A[16].
- Lafora disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3534[17].
- Lafora disease's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:3534[18].
- Lafora disease's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_501[19].
- Lafora disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[20].
Why It Matters
Lafora disease draws 1,569 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #188 of 627).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]